Report identifies 16 highest priorities to guide NASA’s technology development efforts for next 5 years
February 2, 2012
During the next five years, NASA technology development efforts should focus on 16 high-priority technologies and their associated top technical challenges, says a new report from the National Research Council, sponsored by NASA.
The high-priority technologies include items such as radiation mitigation; guidance, navigation, and control; nuclear systems for both power generation and transportation; and solar power generation.
These priorities were chosen to align with three main facets of NASA’s overall mission: extending and sustaining human activities beyond low Earth orbit; exploring the evolution of the solar system and the potential for life elsewhere; and expanding our understanding of Earth and the universe.
The following table identifies recommended highest-priority technologies for NASA research and development over the next five years:
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Objective A Extend and sustain human activities beyond low Earth orbit |
Objective B Explore the evolution of the solar system and the potential for life elsewhere |
Objective C Expand understanding of Earth and the universe |
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Radiation Mitigation for Human Spaceflight |
Guidance, Navigation, and Control |
Optical Systems (Instruments and Sensors) |
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Long-Duration Crew Health |
Solar Power Generation (Photovoltaic and Thermal) |
High-Contrast Imaging and Spectroscopy Technologies |
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Environmental Control and Life Support Systems |
Electric Propulsion |
Detectors and Focal Planes |
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Guidance, Navigation, and Control |
Fission Power Generation |
Lightweight and Multifunctional Materials and Structures |
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(Nuclear) Thermal Propulsion |
Entry, Descent and Landing Thermal Protection Systems |
Active Thermal Control of Cryogenic Systems |
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Lightweight and Multifunctional Materials and Structures |
In-Situ Instruments and Sensors |
Electric Propulsion |
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Fission Power Generation |
Lightweight and Multifunctional Materials and Structures |
Solar Power Generation (Photovoltaic and Thermal) |
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Entry, Descent, and Landing Thermal Protection Systems |
Extreme Terrain Mobility |
Comments (2)
by Gary Mezo
NASA’s goal of Long-Duration Crew Health will be dependent on their use of our Nanobiotics during missions. NASA is aware that Nanobacteria cause calcification related diseases that worsen in zero gravity conditions. Worrisome crew health problems that can develop RAPIDLY: Coronary Artery Disease, Alzheimer’s, Kidney Stones, Gallstones, Prostate disorders, Interstitial Cystitis, Tinnitus, Cataracts, Macular Degeneration….all secondary toNanobacteria (CNP) infections that are resident prior to beginning of the mission that are grossly exacerbated during flight. We had a Space Act Agreement at NASA-JSC that helped address these issues. Read some of our studies with NASA at our joint Nanobacteria Research Center (NASA-JSC) at: http://www.nanobiotech.us or email me at gmezo@nanobiotech.us Gary S. Mezo, Chairman/CEO.
by Sam Stewart
Can’t everything under objective A be solved by CNTs, suspended animation, and neutral-buoyancy high-compression gel chambers?